Photos: Revamped Port Mann Bridge set to open

Mark van Manen, PNG07.26.2012

Spectacular views from atop the giant 163 metre north tower of the new Port Mann bridge high above the Fraser river, in Coquitlam on July 26, 2012. Worker continue their rapid progress on the new 3.3 billion dollar bridge is slated to open to the public in December, od this year. The bridge will have 10 lanes (five in each direction). Initially opening with eight lanes (four in each direction) the additional two lanes will be completed once portions of the old bridge have been removed and will be 65 metres wide. The sructure will be the largest and longest main span river crossing in Western Canada.

Mark van Manen
/ PNG

Spectacular views from atop the giant 163 metre north tower of the new Port Mann bridge high above the Fraser river, in Coquitlam on July 26, 2012. The new 3.3 billion dollar bridge is slated to open to the public in December, of this year. A local new photographer (at right) takes in view. The bridge will have 10 lanes (five in each direction). Initially opening with eight lanes (four in each direction) the additional two lanes will be completed once portions of the old bridge have been removed and will be 65 metres wide. The sructure will be the largest and longest main span river crossing in Western Canada.Mark van Manen
/ PNG

A worker walks over the middle portion of the new Port Mann bridge high above the Fraser river, in Coquitlam on July 26, 2012. The new 3.3 billion dollar bridge is slated to open to the public in December, od this year. The bridge will have 10 lanes (five in each direction). Initially opening with eight lanes (four in each direction) the additional two lanes will be completed once portions of the old bridge have been removed and will be 65 metres wide. The sructure will be the largest and longest main span river crossing in Western Canada.Mark van Manen
/ PNG

Construction work continues on the new Port Mann bridge as the project reaches it's 50% completion stage in Coquitlam.Nick Procaylo
/ PNG

Construction work continues on the new Port Mann bridge as the project reaches it's 50% completion stage in Coquitlam.Nick Procaylo
/ PNG

Spectacular views from atop the giant 163 metre north tower of the new Port Mann bridge high above the Fraser river, in Coquitlam on July 26, 2012. The new 3.3 billion dollar bridge is slated to open to the public in December, od this year. The bridge will have 10 lanes (five in each direction). Initially opening with eight lanes (four in each direction) the additional two lanes will be completed once portions of the old bridge have been removed and will be 65 metres wide. The sructure will be the largest and longest main span river crossing in Western Canada.Mark van Manen
/ PNG

Construction work continues on the new Port Mann bridge as the project reaches it's 50% completion stage in Coquitlam.Nick Procaylo
/ PNG

The new Port Mann bridge from the air.External

Workers move materials on the new bridge deck of the new Port Mann Bridge.Gerry Kahrmann
/ PNG

The new Port Mann Bridge is an example of the type of infrastructure that is a core function of government.Jason Payne, PNG
/ Vancouver Sun

The gantry used to construct the bridge deck on the new Port Mann Bridge is disassembled for transportation to the Coquitlam side of the bridge.Gerry Kahrmann
/ PNG

A worker attaches a lifting form to a portion of the gantry.Gerry Kahrmann
/ PNG

A worker attaches a lifting form to a portion of the gantry.Gerry Kahrmann
/ PNG

The new Port Mann Bridge is starting to take shape in this Oct. 19, 2010, file photo.Ian Smith
/ PNG files

Construction work continues on the new Port Mann bridge as the project reaches it's 50% completion stage in Coquitlam.Nick Procaylo
/ PNG

Construction work continues on the new Port Mann bridge as the project reaches it's 50% completion stage in Coquitlam.Nick Procaylo
/ PNG

A yellow crane slipped off its blue track, February 10th, on the new Port Mann bridge.Ward Perrin
/ PNG

Construction work continues on the new Port Mann bridge as the project reaches it's 50% completion stage in Coquitlam.Nick Procaylo
/ PNG

A yellow crane slipped off its blue track, February 10th, on the new Port Mann bridge.Ward Perrin
/ PNG

The new Port Mann bridge was originally planned as a public-private partnership.

The new Port Mann Bridge is starting to take shape in this Oct. 19, 2010, file photo.Ian Smith
/ PNG files

Traffic crosses the new $3.3-billion Port Mann Bridge for the first time on Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Three of the bridge's 10 lanes opened to easbound traffic as construction continues on the remainder of the bridge.Wayne Leidenfrost
/ PNG

The project to twin the Port Mann bridge is already behind schedule, as construction was initially supposed to start last fall.Stuart Davis
/ Vancouver Sun file

Premier Gordon Campbell (right) and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kevin Falcon officially launch construction of the new Port Mann Bridge, (the old bridge is in the background) and unveil the new bridge design in Surrey, Feb. 4, 2009.GLENN BAGLO
/ VANCOUVER SUN

The Port Mann Bridge seen from the Canadian Traffic Network's Newscopter, also known as the AM730 Traffic Helicopter and Global One for Global TV News.Thomas Johander
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A ceremony marks the official opening of the Port Mann Bridge on June 12, 1964. Once the bridge was open for traffic, vehicles backed up for six kilometres in what was described as the biggest traffic jam in B.C. history.Deni Eagland
/ Vancouver Sun

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